Animal-releasing device.



D. ROSCHEN.

ANIMAL RELEASING DEVICE. APPLICATION IILED JULY 26, 1909.

Patented July 5, 1910.

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Patented July 5, 1910.

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ANIMAL-RELEASING DEVICE.

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Specification ofl etters Patent.

Application filed I111 26, 1909.

Patented July 5., 1910.

Serial No. 509,478.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it-knownthat I Dmonrcrr RosoHEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lake City, in the'county' of'Wabasha and State of Minnesota,have ii'avented certain new and useful Improvements in Animal-ReleasingDevices, of which the following is a specification. 4

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inanimalreleasing devices.

The object of my invention is to provide a'device designed to be securedto a stall, and arranged so that an animal secured within the stall maybe released, in operat-.

tion and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fullydescribed and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it beingunderstood that changes in the specific structure shown and describedmay be made within the scope of the claims Without departing from thespirit of the in- J vention.

In thedrawings forming a portion of this specification, and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the'several views,Figure 1 shows a fragmentary portion of a barn disclosing my releasingmechanism attached to one of the stalls,

' sirable that the animals should be so secured,

that in case of fire they can instantly be released. In my prcscntInvention I provide a securing means, which includes the slotted baseplate 1, which is fixed to a suitable part of the manger by means of thescrews 15. This base plate carries the arbor 16, pivotally supporting abell crank, havingthe vertically held member 3, and the approximatclyhorizontally held member 3. At the outer end I secure a pin 17 to thecrank member 3, and this pin 17 supports the pivotally held bolt 2. Asshown in Fig. 5, the end 3 is slightly ofl'set while the outer edge ofthe end 3 is rounded.

Extending through the slot 12 within the base plate 1, is the ring 18 towhich the tie strand 20 is fastened by means of which the animal issecured within the stall. Held above the base plate 1, by means of theears 7, is the slide bar 6 which atone end is provided with the offsetear 6 having suitable openings so as to receive the next section of theslide bar, a plurality of such slide bars being used.

Secured to each slide bar 6, adjacent to the upstanding end 3 of thebell crank, is a yoke bar 5 secured by means of the pin 21 'at one end,and by means of the pin 10 at the other end, as clearly disclosed inFig. 2. Plvotally carried by the pm 21 1s the dog 4, this dog having thehead -l which head is arranged to drop adjacent to and against theupstanding end 3 of the bell crank, as clearly disclosed. This dog tprevents any tilting or rocking movement of the bell crank unless theslide bars are actuated.

Secured to a suitable part of the barn, as shownin Fig. 1 the side of astall, are the ears 23 carrying the pin 2% which pin supports at itsupper end the operating lever 8, which intermediate its ends ispivotally secured by the pin to one end of the slide bar 6.

The operation of my device is very simple.

Shouldit be desired to release the animals within the stalls which aresecured by means of the rings 12 carried by the bolts 2, the operatorsimply rasps the lever8 and draws the same outward, which operation.results in carrying the slide bars 6 in a horizontal direction,resulting in thenpper ends 3 of the bell cranks being tipped downward tocarry the bolts 2 out of the loops 18 so that the rings will drop otl ofthe loops permitting the escape of the a'nln'ials. The tie rope carryingring members 18 are secured in first carrying the dog 4 upward so thatthe bell crank may be tilted. The bell crank is of course tilted adistance sufficient to permit the bolt 2 being carried entirely out ofthe path of the loop 18. In this position of the bolt thering can bereadily introduced or removcd. In order to prevent the bell crank member3 from being bent should the animal tug and pull at its tic rope, Iprovide the stop hook 11 which is arranged to be held immediately infront of this lever member 3 as clearly disclosed in Fig. 2.

The device is light, neat, simple and inexpensive, and can be secured tothe stalls of any barn as ordinarily constructed. The animals canfurther be secured or released with ease, accuracy and despatch.Ordinarily in case of a tire, the animals are re leased by the removalof a halter from the neck of the animal. In my invention, however, thesimple operation of the lever instantly releases all of the animalsconfined within the barn or cowshed.

The bell cranks are tilted by means of the pins 10 which are arranged tocontact with the vertical members 3 of the bell cranks. These pins 10also serve in securing the yoke bar, as disclosed.

And having thus described my said invention, what 1 claim as new anddesire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the character described, the combination with apivotally held bell crank having one of its members in a verticalposition, a bolt pivotally carried by the remalning member of saidcrank, a loop to receive said belt, a slide bar, a pin carried by saidslide bar to contactwith the vertical member of said crank, a dogpivotally carried by said slide bar and held adjacent-to said verticalcrank member, and a pivotally held operating lever carried by said slidebar..

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with apivotally held bell crank, of a slide bar, a pin carried by said slidebar to tilt said bell crank, a dog carried by said slide bar 'to locksaid bell crank, a loop, and a bolt carried by saidbell crank andworking within said loop.

3. In combination, a pivot-ally held bell crank, a slide bar, a pincarried by said slide bar to contact with said bell crank, a dog carriedby said slide bar and contacting with said bell crank, a bolt carried bysaid bell crank, a loop to removably receive said bolt, and a leverconnected to said slide bar.

4-. The combination with a base plate, of an arbor, a bell crankpivotally carried by said arbor, a. stop hook to hold said bell crank inone position, a loop, a bolt carried by said bell crank removably heldwithin said loop, a slide bar, a pin carried by said slide bar tocontact with said bell crank, a dog to lock said bell crank, and anoperating lever secured to said slide bar.

In testimony whereof I affix mysignature, in presence of two witnesses.

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ll'itnesses Jenn Roscnnx, A-uous'r 'lnssiun.

